#1501 · 🦎 reptiles

Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene triunguis

🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © MC Barnhart · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © sunny1az · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christine · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Missouri, US:© Lee Elliott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Mississippi, US:© Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Georgia, US:© Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Texas, US:© invictus · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Mississippi, US:© Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Texas, US:© mercerbotaniccurator · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The three-toed box turtle ( Terrapene triunguis ) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles. This species is native to the south-central part of the United States and is the official reptile of the state of Missouri. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the eastern box turtle as T. carolina triunguis .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,633iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).